Rescued person horrifies rescuers: e.g., they swoon on seeing him

Motif

Rescued person horrifies rescuers: e.g., they swoon on seeing him.

Captives and fugitives. · Rescues. · Rescue – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as R188

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

ScottishCampbell-McKay No. 2. and note.

Within the index

Filed under Rescue – miscellaneous motifs.

Filed beside it

Rescue at the stake. (Cf. R151.2, R154.1.1, R164.2, R215.)Executioner miraculously blinded: condemned man saved Demon enclosed in bottle released True rescuer hidden by girl when he arrives to claim her Mortal fights with "Death". (Cf. R169.16.)Horn of Roncevalles. Hero calls aid of waiting soldiers on horn King (prince) returns home (from exile) and rescues his native country

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